It is the instinct of businessmen to buy low and sell high, and Shang Mingjie naturally knows it, so he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong.

"It's just that you buy too much, big brother, if you can't sell it, or the price of food fluctuates, how much will you lose?"

Shang Mingyuan didn't expect that his younger brother, who had never eaten fireworks in the world, would also know about these things, he couldn't help but hug his shoulders and frown, and said, "You don't know, this business is escorted by your uncle, he is in Southern Xinjiang now, can we still lose?" ”

Shang Mingjie was surprised.

Shang Mingyuan smiled and said: "You don't know yet, there is a shortage of food in southern Xinjiang, and most of the southern expeditionary army has retreated, and now only the eldest prince and the part brought by your eldest uncle are left there to deter the Chu army, you said that the grain is transported there, can your eldest uncle make us suffer?" ”

Now that there is a shortage of grain in southern Xinjiang, who will transport it over and not transport it?

With Zhao Jie here, the grain transported by the Shang family not only reduces the risk of being robbed on the way, but also makes it more competitive when it gets there.

You must know that the local noble family is now working hard to curry favor with the second prince and Zhao Jie.

Shang Mingjie had heard about this, but today Lin Yubin happened to mention to him that the income of the summer Wenyuan was far less than that in the spring, so he remembered this matter.

So he didn't think about it, so he proposed, "Cousin, it's better to talk to my aunt and ask my family to transport grain to southern Xinjiang, I heard that the grain over there is very expensive, more than three times as much as here." ”

Lin Yubin had always heard Steward Lin and Steward Zhong and Aunt Zhong cry about poverty earlier, and I had also seen my aunt repeatedly grit her teeth and say that she had no money, but she repeatedly took out money, so she felt that the family must be in need of money, so she didn't want to come to her aunt to give advice.

Lin Qingwan couldn't laugh when she heard this, touched her head and said: "The Shang family is escorted by Zhao Jie, so we can intervene in the grain, but our Lin family can't."

So you don't have to think about it. You can also rest assured that there is no shortage of money at home, so we don't have to take this risk. ”

Lin Yubin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Our family also has long-term workers, so I didn't plan to rely on the Zhao family, can't I rely on myself?" ”

"Which is that simple?" Lin Qingwan leaned on the soft couch and said: "The city has been laid, but the people in the city may not be convinced, and now the southern Xinjiang is in chaos." Zhao Jie led the troops in southern Xinjiang, so the Shang family had him to escort him along the way, and he generally didn't dare to offend.

Except for those who are related to the Zhao family and the Shang family, the others who dare to transport grain in the past are not big grain merchants or big wealthy families. ”

"Look at it," Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "Even if it's them, they have to leave something on the road, otherwise it will be impossible to reach southern Xinjiang safely." ”

Lin Yubin finally understood, his eyes widened and said, "There are bandits in southern Xinjiang!" ”

"It's not a bandit, it's just a common people who can't survive or the remnants of the Southern Han Dynasty who fled to seek a way to survive, and there are few who really fall into the grass." Lin Qingwan said: "So our family has no access to these big grain merchants, and we are reluctant to use our own long-term workers to fill it, so don't get involved in this matter." ”

Money is not so easy to make, otherwise everyone in the world will do it.

Lin Qingwan said with satisfaction: "We just need to plant fields, make paper, and then run the Wenyuan well." ”

Lin Qingwan said without any ambition, but Shang Mingyuan, who heard this, almost vomited blood, did you earn less?

You sell dozens of loads of grain from this field, and save it for when the price of grain rises, how much do you think you can earn?

There is also the paper, now the formula is public, but the largest paper workshop in Daliang is still Lin's, and most of the straw paper used in Jiangnan today comes from Lin's bookstore, and the remaining share of the small workshops opened by Lin's children will account for a large part.

In fact, even if the straw paper formula is made public, few people can steal business from Lin's hands.

So in the end, it was the students and ordinary people who benefited the most.

Students don't say that the cost of reading is low.

The big workshop can't grab Lin's bookstore, and it is difficult to survive in the paper industry, but those scattered ordinary people can still sell the paper in their hands.

In this case, other clans can also maintain the business of straw paper, and they can't make a lot of money at all.

On the contrary, ordinary people have more side jobs and improve their living conditions.

As for Wenyuan, as long as you have seen it this spring, you will know how hot it is.

He wanted to set up a banquet in the Wenyuan to entertain a few fox friends and dog friends to show off, but he almost couldn't book a place.

Later, his identity was clarified, and the steward of Wenyuan was accommodating to make a yard for him. He still needs to rely on connections to get a position, let alone others?

And the rent of a small yard is five taels a day, which is more expensive than the rent of a two-in-one yard in the capital for a month.

Not to mention that in addition to these, the Lin family also has mulberry gardens, weaving workshops, embroidery workshops, fish ponds, orchards and pastures.

I heard that Aunt Lin also asked people to raise a lot of chickens in the orchard, and the eggs collected every day are thousands, isn't this making money?

Shang Mingyuan floated in with a wooden face, and Lin Qingwan smiled when she saw it, "Didn't the eldest nephew make a lot of money, why don't I see that this expression doesn't look like he is making money?" ”

Lin Yubin hurriedly got up and saluted Shang Mingyuan, and Shang Mingyuan returned the salute: "Cousin, don't be polite, I'm here to find Mingjie." ”

He said to Lin Qingwan with a bitter face: "Auntie, you persuade the second brother, he doesn't know what stimulation he has received, he has been obsessed with farming recently, and he runs to the field whenever he has time, ten cows can't pull it, and the old lady and the second wife are in a hurry to death." ”

Lin Qingwan said indifferently: "He is still young, and farming is also a serious matter, it is better to let him go if he likes it." Later, when he gets tired of doing it, he will naturally go back. ”

Shang Mingyuan kept talking, "Auntie, don't be joking, I think the second brother is determined to spend time on this farming, when will he get tired of it?" ”

"Wouldn't that be better?" Lin Qingwan laughed softly: "If he doesn't get bored, there will always be a time when he will be able to reach it when he continues to study, and he will naturally leave at that time." ”

Shang Mingyuan couldn't say anything about Lin Qingwan, so he could only say: "It's just that the old lady is worried, she is washing her face with tears recently, saying that a good child is so unprofessional, you must know that the hope of the family is pinned on him." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, turned the wall of the cup with her fingertips, and asked meaningfully, "You really came to pick up Mingjie?" If so, go find him in the field, he is probably squatting in the rice field with someone. ”

"Uh," Shang Mingyuan glanced at Lin Yubin and didn't speak.

Lin Yubin looked at him innocently with wide eyes, gritted his teeth in his heart, and made up his mind not to leave.

Lin Qingwan smiled, and she didn't mean to ask Lin Yubin to leave, in the future, the Lin family will be hers, and she is not young, and she will start to take over the affairs of the family next year, and it is impossible for Shang Mingyuan to avoid her in the future.

So it's better to get them used to it from now on.

Shang Mingyuan laughed twice, and cautiously leaned in, "Aunt Lin, I heard that your family's grain hasn't been sold yet. ”

Lin Qingwan glanced at him and said, "Who are you listening to, we only sold a batch two days ago." ”

"Auntie, don't lie to me," Shang Mingyuan said with a shrewd face: "Who doesn't know that you only gave out a dozen loads of grain?" But look at the large empty wheat field in front of you, how much do you have to harvest? ”

Although Shang Mingyuan couldn't estimate it, Steward Zhao said that the Lin family's land was a bumper harvest this year, which was better than other people's harvests.

That's a big wheat field, how much grain is there?

Shang Mingyuan felt dizzy for Lin Qingwan as long as it was converted to the current food price.

In the past, they always said that the Lin family had lost money, so many industries were exchanged for two pieces of jue land, most of which were still wasteland, and they didn't know how much money they had to fill in to plant the land, but after only two years of hard work, people not only planted all the jue fields, but also planted them better than any family's.

Shang Mingyuan didn't think that Lin Qingwan was lucky, or that the land was good, but that she was very capable, and if she was someone else, who could run the land like this in two years?

Shang Mingyuan was very dog-legged, but Lin Qingwan didn't buy it, and shook his head at him cruelly again: "The food at home is really sold, and only some is enough to eat, you didn't ask the right person." ”

Shang Mingyuan looked at Lin Qingwan and said, "Auntie, you can take pity on your nephew, my nephew knows that your grain is not sold, and I don't take advantage of you, the price of grain outside is this number, how about I give you this number?" ”

Seeing the two numbers in Shang Mingyuan's hand, Lin Qingwan frowned slightly, "Now the price of grain has risen again?" Where did you get that much money? ”

Shang Mingyuan rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "The price of this grain is almost the same every day, there is a shortage of grain in southern Xinjiang, and even the price of grain in our south of the Yangtze River has also risen." So aunt, look, can you owe the money first, and when I ship the grain to southern Xinjiang, I will settle the bill for you when I come back. ”

Shang Mingyuan saw that Lin Qingwan kept a solemn face and didn't speak, so he patted his chest and said, "Auntie, don't worry, my nephew will definitely not lose your money......"

"Okay, okay, I know you don't have the guts," Lin Qingwan waved her hand and said, "It's just that the price is too high, I remember that I have a tenant under me who only sold the grain the day before yesterday." ”

"That's a retail investor, and the price is the lowest," Shang Mingyuan complimented her: "But my aunt is different, the grain in your hand is comparable to that in the hands of a big grain merchant, so it is normal for this price to be more favorable." ”

Lin Qingwan sneered: "I've only heard that the more you sell, the lower the price, but I didn't expect my turn to come here instead." ”

Hearing Lin Qingwan's sarcasm, Shang Mingyuan's face froze, and he couldn't help but say, "Aunt Lin, no one dares to pit you, do you really not believe me?" ”

"It's not that I don't believe you, I don't believe in the people who manipulate the grain market," Lin Qingwan glanced at him and said, "Are you really stupid or fake, you have been in business for so long and don't know that someone is secretly raising prices?" ”

Shang Mingyuan lowered his head and smiled, and said in a low voice that didn't care: "He mentioned it, anyway, I transported the grain to southern Xinjiang, and I can't lose it." ”

Even if he really took usury to buy grain, as long as the grain arrived, it would be a big profit as soon as it was transported to southern Xinjiang and changed hands.

When the time comes, the money from the loan will still make a lot of profits, even if you have made a sum of money with other people's money, how can you not make money in vain?

Lin Qingwan pointed to the door and said, "Get out, no one will sell the grain to you." ”

Shang Mingyuan was stunned, and the smug look on his face froze, "Aunt Lin? ”

Lin Qingwan snorted coldly: "Not only you, I won't sell anyone who comes, I can't save people, but at least I can not harm people."

I would like to advise you again, be a man and leave a line, you people raise your hands just to make less money, but others can save a family and several lives. ”